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Eternal Torment

I have been struck by the number of xtians whose replies to this take the form: Why does it matter if it is true? Look how many souls it saved? It is the same basic reply I get from people spouting urban legends about evil atheist professors and pieces if chalk. To them, it doesn't matter if...

Once again, "The validity of the bible continues to be proven with each turn of the archeologist's backhoe" ;-)

Keep in mind this is a dude who presented himself as a meticulous academic by virtue of having tons of footnotes

Relativity is one of those topics that is a fascinating barometer of a witnesses intellectual honesty. If someone who you know wouldn't be able to explain at a top level the difference between general and special relativity is willing to attempt to try and make arguments about theology based on...

"If i were omniscient, i would know an analogy or metaphor or alternate, high-level explanation to give, or a block diagram to show them, to get the point across." Exactly, that was all I said in my comment.

Many/most god's are allegedly omnipotent. Until that omnipotence is inconvenient, then the "he can do anything, except" terms creep in.

By the way, the "blue berg" theory has been "floated" over the years as, let's face it, a reason for why the berg was not spotted until late. It seems at variance however at variance with witness testimony who saw the berg pass's the ship. Note that the Titanic's sister, Brittanic, was...

Another interesting example to ponder is the Great Eastern. She was greatly overbuilt for her day and age, and was consistently losing money in service because she was so un-economic to run. She ended up as a successful cable layer.

They could if Einstein was omnipotent. :-)

Keep in mind we are talking about otherwise intelligent folk who think that 'God's Not Dead" is some kind of masterpiece. I honestly think many of them are just happy that someone "famous" is proclaiming the faith that they were taught as kids, that they readily overlook the vacuous nature of...

Is that my little pony?

I know for a while there, Cage did a LOT of movies because he was in big time debt to the IRS to the tune of around 20 million dollars. I think the state of California had leans on him too, and I don't think he is out of trouble yet. I wonder whether being on the wrong side of the IRS is a...

It looks like that number would be somewhere between $30K and $40K for a family of 6 to 8. http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/14poverty.cfm

Before ringing the egregious alarm, how much money would that be?